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Fascism
May 16, 2024
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Francisco Goldman
From Texas to Massachusetts
On the border in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
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Jason Stanley
The End of Civic Compassion
On education in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
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Brian Stelter
Revenge and Freedom From Fact
On the media in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The Permanent Counterrevolution
On politics and government in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Michael Tomasky
Yes, That’s Right: American Fascism
Why waste time debating the extent of Trump’s fascism when we ought to be fighting it instead?
March 27, 2024
Ed Burmila
The American Right’s Dictator Fan Club
From praise for Hitler and Mussolini to friendships with Putin and Orbán, open adoration for authoritarians is a defining feature of the American right.
March 1, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Is the Media Enabling Trump to “Usher in a New Era of Fascism”?
Former MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan is launching a new digital media company that he hopes will counter the mainstream media’s many failings throughout the Trump era.
February 14, 2024
Brynn Tannehill
Earth to Media: Try to Get It—Nice, Ordinary People Can Be Fascists
It’s not surprising that the people at Trump’s rallies are normal and polite. Their good manners have nothing to do with the toxic ideology they endorse.
January 8, 2024
Alex Shephard
Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Needs Work
The president needs to convince voters that he’s the one to save American democracy.
January 3, 2024
Brynn Tannehill
The Polls Prove It: Many Republicans Love Fascism
Trump keeps cranking up the Nazi-esque rhetoric because his supporters are eating it up.
December 19, 2023
Matt Ford
This Is Still Fascism—Only Worse
His Nazi-esque remarks about undocumented immigrants hint at just how brutal an authoritarian he will be if elected to the White House again.
November 14, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Two Sides of Donald Trump Are Equally Bad
The former president is making news for his ramped-up authoritarian rhetoric, but his embrace of the Republican Party’s most unpopular ideas shouldn’t be ignored.
September 26, 2023
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Heather Cox Richardson
The Fight for Our America
There have always been two Americas. One based in religious zeal, mythology, and inequality; and one grounded in rule of the people and the pursuit of equality. This next election may determine which one prevails.
July 28, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Trump Is an Extremely Dumb Fascist
The latest criminal indictment highlights his idiocy—but also the threat he still poses to American democracy.
June 14, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Trump’s Fascist Troops Have Dispersed, Not Disappeared
The big crowd in Miami for Trump’s arraignment failed to materialize. But his foot soldiers are at work across the country.
March 29, 2023
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Who Are You Calling a Fascist?
Historians and scholars can’t agree on a definition of fascism, much less whether today’s violent, authoritarian-curious GOP is an example of it.
March 6, 2023
Magazine
Daniel Bessner
Does American Fascism Exist?
For nearly a century, Americans have been throwing the term around—without agreeing what that means.
November 1, 2022
Alaric DeArment
Italy’s New Leaders Insist They Aren’t Fascists. Their Treatment of Roma People Says Otherwise.
Meet Europe’s new far right, the same as the old far right.
October 4, 2022
Alexander Stille
Why Fascism Isn’t Italy’s Biggest Problem
The American press has overhyped Giorgia Meloni’s fascist ties—and underhyped what a wreck the country has become under a series of populist “saviors.”
August 30, 2022
Matt Ford
It Matters That Joe Biden Used the
F
-Word
The president made waves when he referred to the Trump-drunk GOP as “semi-fascist.” Republicans have earned it—and more.
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